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During this portion of a Brookings Institution forum on the impact of inflation on monetary policy, participants gave a broad view of the implications that the labor market, inflation expect…

Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen spoke with New York Times columnist Paul Krugman about the 2008 financial crisis, her time at the Federal Reserve, and the U.S. economy.

This portion of the Center for American Progress' 2018 Ideas Conference included panel discussions on the state of the economy and the rule of law during the Trump administration. Among the …

Paul Krugman talked about the state of the U.S. economy, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included the significance of national debt versus unemploym…

Joseph Stiglitz, author of The Price of Inequality: How Today’s Divided Society Endangers Our Future, and Paul Krugman, author of End This Depression Now!, talked about the problems facing t…

Panelists discussed the U.S. economic recovery and the future of the middle class, focusing on the middle class’s contribution to the economic recovery and how taxes could affect that contri…

Paul Krugman talked about his new book, End This Depression Now!, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Mr. Krugman said in the interview that “bad thinking and …

Robert Silvers moderated a panel discussion on the current global economic crisis. Topics included the problems with the euro such as the economy of Greece, the recession in the U.S., the fu…

The panel talked about the current economic crisis and what to do about it. Topics included the federal “stress tests” for banks that received federal funding, the causes and implications of…

Participating from Princeton, New Jersey, Paul Krugman talked about the U.S. economy and responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. Professor Krugman won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Econo…

Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman talked about the country’s economic crisis. He responded to questions submitted by members of the audience. Paul Krugman is a columnist …

Paul Krugman talked about his book The Conscience of a Liberal, published by W.W. Norton. In his book he argues that America’s post-war middle-class society was not the product of a free-mar…

James Lardner talked about the book he co-edited Inequality Matters: The Growing Economic Divide in America and Its Poisonous Consequences, published by New Press. He was joined by Meizhu L…

Two panels discussed the state of the U.S. economy. Among the topics addressed were job growth, interest rates, and economic recovery efforts. Mr. Lilly moderated the first panel. Ms. Butts …

Panelists spoke about the complex relationship between the federal budget deficit and debt and the U.S. economy. They examined how the debt influences the economy on both macro and micro lev…

This Panel on economic Reform, continued to discuss proposals for improving the nation’s economy in a forum on the foreign and domestic challenges to America’s economic revitalization. Panel…

The Brookings Institute held a forum sponsored by the Washington Area Forum on Economic reform. The question to the panel, “Will America Regain Economic Leadership at Home and Abroad?” The p…